KINI ROUNDUP | Key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.

1. Following cloak-and-dagger style deal-makings at the national level, the spotlight is now on Malacca where two ruling party members are accused of attempting to engineer the fall of the Pakatan Harapan state government.

2. However, 14 Malacca Harapan lawmakers have issued a joint statement stating their support for Chief Minister Adly Zahari (photo above) while warning against attempts to undermine democracy.

3. A former World Bank economist said Harapan's reform agenda has been an "unmitigated disaster", but the coalition's women’s wing head said the new government needs time and urged the economist to be more objective.

4. Malaysiakini's latest instalment of KiniGuide attempts to provide a broad overview of the federal government's new guideline which lowered the price floor for foreign property ownership.

5. Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman has been urged to explain why he is dealing with a little-known e-sports company which might be headed by a Bersatu member.

6. Deputy Works Minister Mohd Anuar Tahir has been warded after suffering a stroke. He is reportedly in stable condition.

7. The police broke up a protest against Universiti Malaya graduate Wong Yan Ke over his criticisms against the university's vice-chancellor Abdul Rahim Hashim.

8. Universiti Putra Malaysia's (UPM) Amimi Amir Abdullah urged the authorities to revive the Internal Security Act (ISA) to deal with "poor manners", citing Wong as an example.

9. An advisor to the police's deradicalisation programme has warned that increasingly heated discussions about race, religion and politics online might lead to race riots.

10. PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang claimed the Malays in the country were victimised due to their own faith which has caused them to be labelled racists even as they try to champion their rights.

11. Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said one million unqualified non-indigenous people were accorded citizenships in this nation following its independence.